They want to get rid of fiddly little +1 bonuses all over the place. It's like what they talked about with skill dice and d20 advantage: It's significant enough that you'll remember it, it's easy for another player to tell if you're not applying it, and it's easy to apply retroactively.Our group has no problems with playtesting it. It just seems like a must have during every combat because it adds +d4 to every attack and saving throw for ten minutes for every party member.
Were players complaining that they missed a lot of attacks and saves leading to this change?
Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC.
Mialee: You forgot Bless!
Tordek: Oh, right. (rolls d4) 16 AC.
Yeah, but it's easier for Mialee (and Lidda, and the DM...) to tell that Tordek is or isn't applying the bonus if the bonus is a physical object on the table.As opposed to:
Tordek: (rolls d20) 14 AC.
Mialee: You forgot Bless!
Tordek: Oh, right. (adds +1) 15 AC.